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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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